Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. preferable, preferred(adj)

   more desirable than another

   "coffee is preferable to tea"; "Danny's preferred name is `Dan'"

2. favored, favorite(a), favourite(a), best-loved, pet, preferred, preferent(adj)

   preferred above all others and treated with partiality

   "the favored child"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. preferred(Noun)

   Preferred stock.

2. preferred(Adjective)

   favoured

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Preferred

   of Prefer

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'preferred' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4254

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'preferred' in Adjectives Frequency: #1006

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of preferred in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of preferred in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of preferred in a Sentence

1. Winston Churchill:

   Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.

2. Aristotle:

   Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

3. Juan Carlos Relano:

   I would have preferred any combination of parties rather than repeat elections.

4. Chief Medical Officer:

   They cannot buy their way back onto the national preferred formulary at this time.

5. Peter Chen:

   There will be some voters that vote on preferred leader. Turnbull will be pleased.

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